My Top Ten Weight Loss Tips

1. I find that a little treat every now and then, maybe one each weekend, keeps me going. If you love your takeaways, then keeping it to once a week is fine. Make it only one treat though and only once a week. It may be a Twix. Thats fine. But keep it for once a week.

2. Keep a true diary of what you eat. Especially the bad days (Yes, there will be some of those!). Keeping an honest diary will help keep you on the right track and also help you to assess where you may be going wrong.

3. Some people put a FAT photo up in the kitchen, but I prefer a photo of when I was slim or a future invitation or holiday pic that I want to aim for. I prefer to be positive, ie, I WILL to look like I did then, or I WILL lose 2 stone by then, rather that I DONT WANT TO look like that.

4. It's important to use scales to guide your portions, or a cup. Once you know that a cup of a certain cerial is such and such a weight, you no longer have to weigh it.

5. Buy a new item of clothing every time you hit a target. Maybe every 10lbs. This will keep you from feeling cumfortable in your clothes. Once old clothes are no longer feelig tight, it's tempting to feel resigned. Keep on top of this.

6. Don't ever panic or give up if you have a bad day. Just put it behind you and start again.

7. No question about it. If you excersice, you'll increase the weight loss. Anything you can do that is more than you did before, will help. Run up and down your stairs 3times. Anything!

8. I'm not a drinker, but I do know that many many people fall fowl to the old booze. Be careful. Alcohol is FULL of calories!

9. Tell EVERYONE that you are trying to lose weight! This will really help and you'll feel too embarrased to give up.

10. Set attainable goals. Don't aim to lose 10lbs in 2 weeks. These are silly goals that the media is full of, but simply aren't acheivable, leaving you feeling like a failure before you've even started. 2lb a week is about average, with the odd week being a little more or less.